DOI: 10.1055/s-00000058

Planta Medica

Issue 02 · Volume 70 · February 2004 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-3142

Review

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Calixto, João B.; Campos, Maria M.; Otuki, Michel F.; Santos, Adair R. S.: Anti-Inflammatory Compounds of Plant Origin. Part II. Modulation of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines, Chemokines and Adhesion Molecules

Original Paper

Pharmacology

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Njamen, Dieudonné; Mbafor, Joseph Tanyi; Fomum, Zacharias Tanee; Kamanyi, Albert; Mbanya, Jean-Claude; Recio, M. Carmen; Giner, Rosa M.; Máñez, Salvador; Ríos, José Luis: Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Two Flavanones, Sigmoidin A and Sigmoidin B, from Erythrina sigmoidea
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Wong, Kar-Lok; Yang, Hung-Yu; Chan, Paul; Cheng, Tz-Hurng; Liu, Ju-Chi; Hsu, Feng-Lin; Liu, I.-Min; Cheng, Yu-Wan; Cheng, Juei-Tang: Isosteviol as a Potassium Channel Opener to Lower Intracellular Calcium Concentrations in Cultured Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells
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Chen, Wang-Chuan; Hayakawa, Satoshi; Yamamoto, Tatsuo; Su, Hui-Chen; Liu, I.-Min; Cheng, Juei-Tang: Mediation of β-Endorphin by the Isoflavone Puerarin to Lower Plasma Glucose in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
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Orallo, Francisco: Acute Cardiovascular Effects of (+)-Nantenine, an Alkaloid Isolated from Platycapnos spicata, in Anaesthetised Normotensive Rats

Biochemistry

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Takamatsu, Satoshi; Nagle, Dale G.; Gerwick, William H.: Secondary Metabolites from Marine Cyanobacteria and Algae Inhibit LFA-1/ICAM-1 Mediated Cell Adhesion
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Lai, Miao-Ying; Hsiu, Su-Lan; Hou, Yu-Chi; Tsai, Sang-Yuan; Chao, Pei-Dawn Lee: Significant Decrease of Cyclosporine Bioavailability in Rats Caused by a Decoction of the Roots of Scutellaria baicalensis
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Zhang, Ying; Akao, Teruaki; Nakamura, Norio; Duan, Chang-Ling; Hattori, Masao; Yang, Xiu-Wei; Liu, Jian-Xun: Extremely Low Bioavailability of Magnesium Lithospermate B, An Active Component from Salvia miltiorrhiza, in Rat
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Park, In-Hye; Jeon, So-Young; Lee, Hee-Ju; Kim, Sang-In; Song, Kyung-Sik: A β-Secretase (BACE1) Inhibitor Hispidin from the Mycelial Cultures of Phellinus linteus

Physiology

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Zhang, Changhe; Yan, Qiong; Cheuk, Wai-keung; Wu, Jianyong: Enhancement of Tanshinone Production in Salvia miltiorrhiza Hairy Root Culture by Ag+ Elicitation and Nutrient Feeding

Natural Product Chemistry

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Morikawa, Toshio; Matsuda, Hisashi; Yamaguchi, Itadaki; Pongpiriyadacha, Yutana; Yoshikawa, Masayuki: New Amides and Gastroprotective Constituents from the Fruit of Piper chaba
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Li, Xiao-mei; Lin, Mao; Wang, Ying-hong; Liu, Xin: Four New Stilbenoids from the Lianas of Gnetum montanum f. megalocarpum

Analytical Methods

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Douglas, James A.; Smallfield, Bruce M.; Burgess, Elaine J.; Perry, Nigel B.; Anderson, Rosemary E.; Douglas, Malcolm H.; Glennie, V. le Anne: Sesquiterpene Lactones in Arnica montana: a Rapid Analytical Method and the Effects of Flower Maturity and Simulated Mechanical Harvesting on Quality and Yield

Letter

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Shim, Joong Sup; Kim, Jin Hee; Lee, Jiyong; Kim, Si Na; Kwon, Ho Jeong: Anti-Angiogenic Activity of a Homoisoflavanone from cremastra appendiculata
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Chen, Yu-Chang; Chen, Jih-Jung; Chang, Ya-Ling; Teng, Che-Ming; Lin, Wei-Yu; Wu, Chin-Chung; Chen, Ih-Sheng: A New Aristolactam Alkaloid and Anti-Platelet Aggregation Constituents from Piper taiwanense
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Choi, Hong-Seok; Kim, Kyeong-Man: Tanshinones Inhibit Mast Cell Degranulation by Interfering with IgE Receptor-Mediated Tyrosine Phosphorylation of PLCγ2 and MAPK
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Costa-Lotufo, Letícia Veras; Silveira, Edilberto Rocha; Barros, Maria Claudia Pinheiro; Lima, Mary Anne Sousa; de Moraes, Maria Elisabete Amaral; de Moraes, Manoel Odorico; Pessoa, Cláudia: Antiproliferative Effects of Abietane Diterpenes from Aegiphila lhotzkyana
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Kuo, Ping-Chung; Hsu, Meei-Yu; Damu, Amooru G.; Su, Chung-Ren; Li, Chia-Ying; Sun, Han-Dong; Wu, Tian-Shung: Flavonoids and Coumarins from Leaves of Phellodendron chinense
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Capasso, Raffaele; Izzo, Angelo A.; Romussi, Giovanni; Capasso, Francesco; De Tommasi, Nunziatina; Bisio, Angela; Mascolo, Nicola: A Secoisopimarane Diterpenoid from Salvia cinnabarina Inhibits Rat Urinary Bladder Contractility in vitro
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Zhu, Shu; Fushimi, Hirotoshi; Cai, Shaoqing; Komatsu, Katsuko: Species Identification from Ginseng Drugs by Multiplex Amplification Refractory Mutation System (MARMS)